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Agoraof households per income during 2008-2012 showed the dramatic burden on household disposable income from... is one of the reasons that on the surface Greek society’s difficulties don’t seem too dramatic. In fact..., remaining at the high end among EU countries. The EU average showed smaller increase to 18.2 percent
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Newsletter 50 - 06/11/2015
after the visit that he expects Athens to do more in the coming weeks. “The situation is dramatic,” he... living and working conditions on new shores, be they far or near. But in light of the dramatic...) for the remaining 75 percent. CoCos, which qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital pari passu
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Newsletter 419 - 05/04/2024
in 2018 to 70 percent in 2024. The survey captures a pattern of dramatic erosion, and in some cases... dramatic reversal in perceptions, with trust falling from 72 pct to 43 pct since 2018, and distrust... of the income of the remaining 80 pct, while the Gini coefficient was 31.8 pct. The latest FDI data also
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No late rally for Tsipras
Agorapoll for the centre-right party. The crushing nature of the defeat, which saw SYRIZA’s share... period, meant that Tsipras had no option but to call snap general elections. Given that the tendency... saw ND dominate in the municipal and regional elections. SYRIZA’s main target will be to achieve
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... to call snap polls lie mainly in protecting New Democracy from extended wear-and-tear from the cost... recently saw strong turnouts for internal voting procedures and Mitsotakis may have seen this as a warning
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fallout from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s insistence this week that he does not have plans to call... on Wednesday and in a radio interview on Thursday, it was thought that he was minded to call elections... was made up not to pull the trigger because he saw that New Democracy is maintaining as steady lead over
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
minute of dramatic marathon negotiations in mid-July in Brussels. The events that unfolded during.... The remaining 29 percent would be free floated in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). The state would also hold... of confidence, which has all sides involved emphasizing the need to continue rebuilding, regaining
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Tsipras bids to maintain unity after heavy defeat for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy is on course for a victory over SYRIZA of around 9.5 points, one of the biggest in the history of the European Parliament vote and a result that puts immense pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA ahead of snap general electi...
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Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece
AgoraThe behaviour of the Greek police has come under scrutiny, again, following a number of incidents over which officers have been accused of using unnecessary and excessive force. In this episode, we take a look at why police tactics have triggered public...
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoraplan to address the issue of unemployment. The construction sector saw its peak in employment... to count on society’s support for an extensive reform process and a heavy fiscal consolidation when
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